Kōno, Kono or Kouno (written: 河野, 幸野, 高野 or 甲野) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kōno Bairei (1844–1895), Japanese painter, book illustrator and art teacher Kōno Hironaka (1849–1923), Japanese politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan Kōno Togama (1844–1895), prewar Japanese politician and cabinet minister Akitake Kōno (1911–1978), Japanese film actor. Asahachi Kōno (1876–1943), Japanese photographer Fumiyo Kōno (born 1968), Japanese manga artist Fusako Kōno (born 1916), former Japanese diver Hiromichi Kono (1905–1963), Japanese anthropologist and entomologist Hyōichi Kōno (1958–2001), Japanese adventurer Kohei Kono (born 1980), Japanese professional boxer Marika Kōno (born 1994), Japanese voice actress and singer Masayuki Kono (born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist , Japanese table tennis player Rin Kono (born 1981), Japanese professional Go player Shunji Kōno (born 1964), Japanese politician Shuto Kohno (born 1993), Japanese football player Taeko Kōno (1926–2015), Japanese writer and critic Takanori Kono (born 1969), former Japanese Nordic combined skier Taro Kono (born 1963), Japanese politician, son of Yōhei Kōno Tensei Kono (1935–2012), Japanese science fiction writer Tetsuya Kono and Nahoko Kono, passengers on Comair Flight 191 Tommy Kono (1930–2016), Japanese-American Olympic weightlifter Tomoyuki Kōno (born 1971), Japanese voice actor Tōru Kōno (1907–1984), Japanese photographer Yōhei Kōno (1937–2026), Speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives, father of Tarō Kōno Yoshiyuki Kono, Japanese voice actor
See also Kono (disambiguation)